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On whose birthday is "National Sports Day" celebrated across India every year on 29th August?
Sanjay Gandhi
Milkha Singh
Neeraj Chopra
Major Dhyan Chand
Major Dhyan Chand
National Sports Day is celebrated across India on 29th August every year to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
National Sports Day was officially established by the Government of India in 2012 to pay tribute to Major Dhyan Chand's extraordinary contributions to Indian hockey and world sports · On this day, the President of India confers the National Sports Awards—including the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award—at Rashtrapati Bhavan to honor outstanding athletes and coaches · The celebration also serves as a nation-wide platform to promote physical fitness, sports culture, and youth engagement across educational and public institutions.
Date: 29th August (Annual national observance)
Honoree: Major Dhyan Chand (born August 29, 1905)
Key Achievement: Olympic Gold Medal hat-trick in 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (Los Angeles), and 1936 (Berlin)
Highest Sporting Honor: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was renamed to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in August 2021
D is correct — National Sports Day is celebrated every year on 29th August to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
Link 29th August to India's first Olympic gold hat-trick (1928, 1932, 1936) in hockey under Major Dhyan Chand, often remembered as the 'Wizard of Hockey'.